[creato]

> Even if a law is wrong, it isn’t right to allow particular corporations to flaunt it in a way that individuals would go to prison for.

No one goes to prison for this. They might get sued, but even that is doubtful.

[degamad]

Aaron Swartz would probably disagree.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

[iso1631]

Hell you don't even have to actually break any copyright law and you'll still find yourself in jail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Elcom_Ltd.

[ibeckermayer]

Just flat out false, and embarrassingly so, but spoken with the unearned authority of an LLM. See: The Pirate Bay.